Category «Ambiguity»

Florida Supreme Court to Decide if Florida 558 Proceeding is a “Suit” Triggering a Duty to Defend

I previously wrote here about Judge Marra’s decision in the Southern District of Florida in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Specialty Ins. Co., No. 13-80831-CIV, 2015 WL 3539755, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72466 (S.D. Fla. June 4, 2015). The question in that case was whether a Florida 558 proceeding constitutes a “suit” that …

Eleventh Circuit Enforces Broad Statutory Exclusion To Deny Junk Fax Coverage

It may have seemed like déjà vu for the Eleventh Circuit to get another coverage dispute over junk faxes.  But that is just what happened in Interline Brands, Inc. v. Chartis Specialty Insurance Co., No. 13-10025 (11th Cir. Apr. 15, 2014).  The Eleventh Circuit had previously certified to the Florida Supreme Court a question regarding …